Book Titles

Give and Take
A Revolutionary Approach to Success

By Adam Grant

Year Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 978-0-670-02655-5
Categories: Giving, Leadership, Success

141 Quotes Found

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Give and Take:

Professional relationships disintegrate when entrepreneurs, inventors, investors, and executives feel…

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If you’re a taker, your driving motivation is to make sure you get more than you give, which means you…

82

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…a perspective gap: when we’re not experiencing a psychologically or physically intense state, we…

87

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…in creative work, givers are motivated to benefit others, so they find ways to put themselves in other…

88

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…successful givers shift their frames of reference to the recipient’s perspective. For most people, this…

89

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To effectively help colleagues, people need to step outside their own frames of reference.

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…the ability to imagine other people’s perspectives, rather than getting stuck in our own perspectives,…

90

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Spotting and cultivating talent are essential skills in just about every industry; it’s difficult to overstate the value of surrounding ourselves with stars.

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Many experiments… show that teacher expectations are especially important for improving the grades and intelligence test scores of low-achieving students…

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…see[ing] potential where others don’t… set[s] in motion a series of self-fulfilling prophecies.

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